ISaxableElement.java

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package org.eclipse.buckminster.sax;

import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
import org.xml.sax.ContentHandler;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.AttributesImpl;

/**
 * The ISaxable interface is implemented by model elements in Buckminster. It
 * allows the elements to serialize themselves in XML format.
 * 
 * @author Thomas Hallgren
 */
public interface ISaxableElement {
	public static final Attributes EMPTY_ATTRIBUTES = new AttributesImpl();

	/**
	 * Returns the default local name for the element.
	 * 
	 * @return The default local name.
	 */
	String getDefaultTag();

	void toSax(ContentHandler receiver, String namespace, String prefix, String localName) throws SAXException;
}